Seeing how wretched
One had to understand—a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast was even more powerful than an ordinary Titled Douluo. The most unremarkable hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast was roughly equivalent to a level ninety-five Titled Douluo. And this Demonic Spirit Great White Shark was clearly no ordinary Soul Beast by any stretch. The ocean was also different from the forest. In the forest, there were all manner of plants to serve as cover, and weaker Soul Beasts could flee from more powerful ones. But in the open ocean, there was no cover to speak of—unless you were one of those special Soul Beasts that lived on the seafloor, there was simply nowhere to hide from an attack. As a result, the law of the jungle among sea Soul Beasts was far more brutal than among their land-based counterparts. Reaching the hundred-thousand-year rank in the ocean was naturally far more difficult than achieving the equivalent rank in a forest. That was precisely why the Deep Sea Demon Whale they had encountered earlier had been so terrifying.
The second time entering the sea, Tang San's perception was noticeably sharper than before. He discovered that the moment he entered the ocean and laid eyes on that massive white figure, all the surrounding seawater seemed to have become an extension of the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's own body. He and Dai Mubai, soaking in the ocean, were essentially within the King's domain. Before they could even mount any resistance, the concealed force within the water had already blasted them out of the Ring Sea. And all the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark had actually done was give its tail a simple flick. Moreover, as it expelled them from the Ring Sea, it seemed to have even bared its teeth in their direction—as if mocking them.
Just as Tang San and Dai Mubai exchanged bitter smiles, utterly at a loss for how to break through past the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King, the massive white figure suddenly came surging toward them through the rising seawater. At its speed, it took barely a few blinks before it had already reached the area near the shore.
A sudden premonition of danger struck Tang San's heart, and he roared, "Look out!"
The Shrek Seven Devils had fought together for years, and their coordination was naturally extraordinary. Almost instantaneously, every member released their Martial Soul. Tang San swiftly used Instant Transmission to appear at
The white figure grew larger and larger in their eyes. To their stunned amazement, the colossal Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King actually burst right out of the ocean, soaring into midair. A blinding gray-blue radiance bloomed along its perfectly streamlined body, and strangely, its form shrank at tremendous speed within that glow. Before their astonished eyes, it swiftly transformed into a tall young woman who stood before the Shrek Seven Devils.
She appeared to be about the same height as Tang San. For an ordinary girl, reaching such a height would easily look awkward and disproportionate, but her figure was nothing short of perfect. A white, leather-like outfit clung to her form, accentuating every graceful curve and lending her an air of alluring temptation. Her gray-blue hair cascaded down her back, falling all the way to the ground—much like Xiao Wu's hair when she let it down. Her eyes were the same gray-blue, and her fair skin carried a faint sheen of that same hue. Her nose was high and straight, her features carrying a sharp, chiseled quality—yet far from jarring, it was strikingly distinctive, giving her an exotic beauty that was thoroughly captivating.
Looking at her, three of the four men present—Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun—all but had their eyes gleaming. The sheer destructive power that such a distinctive, exotic beauty held over men was absolutely terrifying. Tang San, of course, was the sole exception.
However, this woman who had taken the form of the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King had not come to make friends. After assuming human form, she landed on the ground and fixed her gaze straight at Xiao Wu. An eerie gray-blue light flickered continuously within her pupils, and Tang San could clearly sense a strange wave of energy emanating from Xiao Wu's body. This energy fluctuation was obviously directly linked to the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King.
"No soul? The aura is here." The Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King shifted her gaze from Xiao Wu to Tang San, and intense killing intent suddenly erupted within her gray-blue eyes. Her icy stare pierced toward Tang San's eyes like twin blades.
Tang San's Purple Extreme Demon Eye instinctively blazed with purple-gold light in response. Even so, he couldn't help but grunt in pain, staggering back three steps while clutching Xiao Wu before he managed to steady himself. His heart was filled with shock. His spiritual power was already formidable at this point, yet the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's spiritual power felt as vast and unfathomable as the ocean itself—and, like her true form, it was brimming with fierce, overwhelming aggression.
"Despicable humans. I will kill you." The Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's voice was stiff and mechanical. The moment those words left her lips, her body had already flashed forward, leaving a trail of phantom gray-blue afterimages in her wake. In the blink of an eye, she was before Tang San.
Although Tang San had already guessed that the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's killing intent was directed at him because of Xiao Wu, there was no opportunity for explanation at this moment. He made two simple but effective moves—first, he stowed Xiao Wu inside his Myriad Treasure Pouch, then he used Instant Transmission to vanish from his original position and reappear alongside his companions.
Dai Mubai bellowed, wasting no time at all as he unleashed his seventh Soul Skill—the
The great White Tiger's body blazed as three additional enhancement skills activated simultaneously upon it. Dai Mubai charged straight at the pursuing Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King without the slightest hesitation.
At the same time, scorching Phoenix flames erupted from Ma Hongjun's body as he pressed his palms together before his chest. A colossal Phoenix phantom materialized behind him, and his sixth Soul Ring flared to life.
Zhu Zhuqing had simultaneously transformed into a black cat the instant Dai Mubai assumed his White Tiger form, also activating her Martial Soul True Body. She slipped out from the flank, her entire form as elusive as drifting smoke—mysterious and steeped in shadow.
Oscar directly consumed a Copy Mirror Sausage crafted from Dai Mubai's blood. However, since he had only recently acquired his seventh Soul Skill, this sausage had not been created after using the seventh skill, the Sturdy Golden Fly, and therefore possessed only eighty percent copying capability. Moreover, he had not yet broken through to level seventy at the time of its creation, so he was unable to replicate Dai Mubai's Martial Soul True Body. He could only release the three major enhancement skills, charging out right behind Dai Mubai.
Ning Rongrong's body radiated with the most brilliant light of all. On her dazzling Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, six of her Soul Rings shimmered in alternating brilliance, while the last remained gray. Having broken through to level seventy, though she could not yet use her seventh Soul Skill, her Soul Power and her control over enhancement Soul Skills had both improved dramatically. Different streams of light flew toward different partners as various enhancement effects overlapped in rapid succession, fully showcasing her multitasking control technique. She bolstered her companions to the maximum extent while conserving her own Soul Power as efficiently as possible.
All of this had been accomplished in the brief interval between Tang San's dodging the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's first attack and his return to his companions' side. When the King pursued them, it ran headlong into Dai Mubai in his White Tiger True Body.
She let out a disdainful snort. The gray-blue radiance across the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's body surged brilliantly as she twisted her body and whipped out her right leg like a lash. In an instant, seven gray-blue light blades etched with water-like ripples burst forth, crisscrossing through the air as they simultaneously sliced toward seven different points on Dai Mubai's body. The precision of her energy control was nothing short of astonishing.
But Dai Mubai was no pushover. His twin-pupiled tiger eyes blazed with dazzling light as he refused to yield an inch against the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's assault. His upper body surged upward, and his twin tiger palms swept out in alternation, their extended claws striking seven golden light blades of their own—positioned precisely to intercept the King's seven attacks.
A volley of dense, clashing detonations erupted in the air. Dai Mubai grunted, his charging body grinding to an abrupt halt as the golden light radiating from his form flickered and dimmed for an instant. But it was only a single instant—the light then blazed forth even brighter than before. He had withstood the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's attack head-on.
With Dai Mubai's own Soul Power alone, even in the state of Martial Soul True Body, there was still a considerable gap between him and the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King. But one must not forget that he had Ning Rongrong's support. Here on land, her eighty percent enhancement was applied to him at full strength without any reduction—effectively granting him one hundred and eighty percent of his original attack power, defense, and Soul Power. Though it still fell short of a Titled Douluo's level, combined with Dai Mubai's own four enhancement skills, in a head-on clash of this nature, he could now barely hold his own against even an ordinary Titled Douluo's attacks.
Her attack blocked by Dai Mubai, the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's forward momentum faltered momentarily, a flicker of surprise crossing her gray-blue eyes. But her assault did not stop. Her body swirled like a tempest as she lashed out with another kick—only this time, it was not an energy attack, but a physical blow, a solid strike aimed squarely at Dai Mubai's body.
Dai Mubai roared in fury, his massive body leaping into the air as he crossed his twin tiger paws before him, once again blocking head-on. This was the assault-type Soul Master's most direct method of stopping an enemy.
With a thunderous boom, Dai Mubai's body was sent hurtling backward, spinning through the air before crashing to the ground off to one side.
And it was right at that moment that the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's body halted in midair. Her hands formed into palms, one high and one low, as she struck outward in front of her, and a vortex-like ring of gray-blue radiance suddenly erupted.
Her stop was certainly not to spare Tang San—she had been forced to halt. Because directly in front of her, a golden-red Phoenix with a wingspan of merely one meter, formed of energy yet as solid as a physical being, was hurtling straight toward her.
Ma Hongjun's sixth Soul Skill—the Phoenix Sky-Piercing Strike—had been released the very instant Dai Mubai was sent flying. This single strike had condensed every ounce of the fatty's strength, and it had been further bolstered by all five of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's enhancements except for the defensive one, including the attribute boost.
Facing the tremendous pressure exerted by the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King, this strike from the fatty could be described as a performance far beyond his usual level. The terrifying power contained within that golden-red Phoenix—which had pierced through and solidified into something resembling a physical form—was enough to make even a powerhouse like the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King treat it with caution.
Gray-blue and fiery red, the two colors collided violently in the air as the gray-blue vortex ground into the golden-red Phoenix like a meat grinder. The two-colored radiance unleashed terrifying waves of energy, with shrill detonations and dense fog continuously billowing upward.
Water and fire were natural enemies, and the fatty, who wielded Phoenix flames, undoubtedly posed the greatest threat to a sea Soul Beast like the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King.
Watching as the rapidly shrinking golden-red fire Phoenix was on the verge of breaking through the vortex's obstruction, the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King cried out sharply, her hands flashing with phantom-like speed. The gray-blue vortex immediately surged in power once more. Amid another round of thunderous detonations, terrifying energy waves scattered in all directions, and the Phoenix Sky-Piercing Strike was finally neutralized.
But at that very moment, a phantom black figure appeared behind the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King. There were seven such figures in all, each unleashing a crescent-shaped black light slash—silent, devoid of any energy fluctuation, all simultaneously slicing toward the King's waist. It was Zhu Zhuqing's strike.
With her wealth of combat experience, the timing she had chosen for this attack could only be described as impeccable—right at the moment the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King had blocked Ma Hongjun's strike and her protective Soul Power had relaxed ever so slightly. The greatest strength of an agility-type Soul Master was the ambush. This full-power attack launched from within her Martial Soul True Body demonstrated destructive force that, in terms of penetration, even surpassed Ma Hongjun's.
Her fifth Soul Skill, Shadow Connection, combined with her third Soul Skill, Shadow Slash—seven slashes merged into one, the power absolutely terrifying.
At the same time, Dai Mubai had already returned to the fray. Every strand of golden fur on his massive body erupted with blinding light as he shifted his form several times in rapid succession in midair. Dense golden light cross-exploded, forming a colossal character for "kill" in the air, which slammed toward the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King's body.
This was Dai Mubai's sixth Soul Skill—White Tiger Annihilation Strike. It was also his most powerful Soul Skill to date in terms of offensive force.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, who possessed the Martial Soul Fusion Technique, coordinated with extraordinary precision. Combined with the preceding chain of attacks from Ma Hongjun, they gave the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King absolutely no breathing room. From the flank, Oscar had also taken his position, unleashing a White Tiger Annihilation Strike of his own. Though he lacked the Martial Soul True Body boost that Dai Mubai enjoyed and could only replicate eighty percent of the Soul Power, Oscar's attack this time was not one but two—his Copy Skull had conjured a duplicate that simultaneously struck from the opposite side, sealing off the King's avenues of evasion on both flanks. In that instant, she was forced to face attacks from four directions at once.
A pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer descended from above—Tang San had at some point taken to the sky. Under the full force of his Soul Power, the Clear Sky Hammer plummeted downward with crushing weight. Simultaneously, white light erupted from Tang San's body, shrouding not only himself but also his three companions and the Demonic Spirit Great White Shark King. It was the Slaughter God Domain.
Even without the third evolution skill,
Four people, attacks from five directions, Ning Rongrong's full-powered support from behind—this coordinated strike was essentially equivalent to the Shrek Seven Devils' killing blow. If Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Soul Skills had not been restricted, the power of this attack would have been even more terrifying. But even as it was, even a Titled Douluo present would find it exceedingly difficult to withstand.